US-Backed FSA Rebels Assassinate Journalist

Iranian Press TV has confirmed that reporter Maya Naser was killed by snipers in Damascus after twin explosions targeted one of Syria’s main military buildings, the General Staff Command Building.

Naser had tweeted, “Twin explosions hit the Syrian capital this morning, one in Omawyeen Square and the other in Abu Remanneh #Damascus,” shortly before he died.

In June, as Press TV’s political analyst, he claimed that Israel wanted to push the world to launch airstrikes against Syria and claimed that the Israelis had been spreading disinformation since the Syria uprising began in February 2011.

“This is not the first time they [Israelis] do this,” Naser said. “The Syrian army is not using any chemical weapons or even heavy artillery weapons against civilians.”